International: Backstage Activity

There was one discordant note in the Soviet welcome for Field Marshal
Montgomery: an editorial in Pravda, official organ of the Communist
Party, on the "suspicions and apprehensions that the backstage military
and political activity of London and Washington continue to cause in
progressive circles.". . ."

Pravda meant that the U.S. and Britain have agreed to standardize
"certain items of military equipment," including small arms. The R.A.F.
and U.S. Army Air Forces planned to exchange 50 to 100 picked officers
every six months for training in each other's staff, technical and
engineering schools. There will be similar exchanges of junior...